None of the lead vocalists on this track have met in real life
lyrics
Part 1:
All:
We are the seekers
Entrusted with the gift
Of weaving tears and laughter
Through a glimmering tapestry
Of sleeper's dreams, mythical fantasies, sirens' songs
Crone: Pain painted enchanting
Maiden: Joy, pure paradise's light
Crone+Maiden: Mystery, like the mystical fingers of leafless trees pointing skyward
(Mother ad-libs)
Crone: We know the words to the sirens' songs
Maiden: We see through the mists to the Isle of Avalon
Crone: We see Atlantis in its glory
Maiden: We hear the Sphynx's silent story
Mother: Ordinary becomes enigma and enigma, ordinary
Maiden: We touch the edge of the universe with our finger tips
Crone: We hear the ancient poetry dead on silent lips
Maiden: Fantastic flights through space and time
Crone: Seeing mundane become sublime
Mother: Ordinary becomes enigma and enigma ordinary
Part 2:
Crone: Silently, she floats above the nebulae
Some days, she'd rather solve the mystery,
Some days she'd rather be it
Could she do both?
Mother: I tried to understand too many theories voiced
Maiden: You know too much but care too little
Mother: Their thoughts buried mine, buried the whisper
Maiden: You know too much
Part 3
Maiden: We are the poets, the music makers, the artists
Gatekeepers, weavers of dreams, seekers of beauty
Guardians of legends lost, keepers of the mystery
Mother: We are the poets, the music makers, the artists
Gatekeepers, weavers of dreams, seekers of beauty
Guardians of legends lost, keepers of the mystery
Crone: The long unspoken riddle, we finally understand
Mother: The whisper child returns to me, takes me by the hand
Crone: The ghosts of long lost legends, throughout the air resound
Mother: As the ancient magic explodes all around
Maiden: Beauty at last personified, we'll join in love!
Part 4
All: Our hidden world, you cannot comprehend
We show you
You see, yet you do not see
credits
from Gatekeepers,
released November 16, 2014
Vocals: Louise Gracielle, Pamo, and Cherelle-Renée Childs
Guitars: Mattias Janssen
Piano: Jilly Comrie
Bass: Anders Thonander
Drums: Helge Kautz
Music and Lyrics by Cherelle-Renée Childs
Mixed by Ivan Pantoja
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